This document is available through the website ltccovid. org, which was set up in March
2020 as a rapidly shared collection of resources for community and institution-based long-term …

This document is available through the website ltccovid. org, which was set up in March
2020 as a rapidly shared collection of resources for community and institution-based long-term …

OBJECTIVES The main objective of the study was to investigate annual changes in the
sociodemographic characteristics, morbidity, and functional status of new nursing home …

Background: To enable coordinated palliative care delivery, all clinicians should have basic
palliative care skill sets (‘generalist palliative care’). Specialists should have skills for …

Background While most individuals wish to die at home, the reality is that most will die in
hospital. Aim To determine whether receiving a physician home visit near the end-of-life is …

The lung is a vital mucosal organ that is constantly exposed to the external environment,
and as such, its defenses are continuously under threat. The pulmonary immune system has …

BACKGROUND: Alcohol use causes a large burden on the health of Canadians, and
alcohol-related harms appear to be increasing in many high-income countries. We sought to …

Ontario has the highest proportion of for-profit nursing homes in Canada. These facilities,
which are known in Ontario as long-term care (LTC) homes, offer 24-hour custodial as well as …

Importance Functional outcomes are central to cancer care decision-making by older adults.
Objective To assess the long-term functional outcomes of older adults after a resection for …

Interleukin 4 (IL4) is generally viewed as a Th2 cytokine capable of polarizing macrophages
into an anti-inflammatory phenotype, whereas granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating …